The deputy CM was meeting farmers in flood-hit Marathwada. Rebuking a farmer who had lost his crop, Pawar said, 'Are we here to play marbles? I have been working since 6 am'.
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra and Telangana announced 9 of the 19 waivers in two decades, unlike Bihar and West Bengal, the two less prosperous states.
Despite the centrality of agriculture in India, there is no standard measure of farmers’ distress. The most commonly cited measure is the number of suicides.
Farmer leader Ajit Navale says state govt decision is a "betrayal", most farmers will not get the benefit as they have loan arrears of more than Rs 2 lakh.
The farmers started their march from Noida Saturday morning after talks between the Bharatiya Kisan Sangathan and government representatives failed to materialise.
RBI governor Shaktikanta Das highlighted that waiver of farm loans by state goverments affect credit culture and future credit behaviour of the borrowers.
On his second trip to Uttar Pradesh this month, Modi accuses the JD(S)-Congress Karnataka government of not delivering on its farm loan waiver promises.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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